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Cycorder offers free iPhone video recording

updated 11:30 am EDT, Mon August 25, 2008

Cycorder for iPhone


Jay Freeman, the developer of Cydia -- a popular installer app for jailbroken iPhones -- has released Cycorder (website to come soon), a free native iPhone video recorder. Cycorder is said to use MJPEG compression, the same format used in the majority of point-and-shoot cameras with video support. This allows users to play video immediately after recording, instead of waiting for compression to finish.

Recorded videos are then listed by time recorded, with a thumbnail of the first frame making it easier to distinguish between multiple clips. Audio support has not been included yet, but modmyiphone reports that the author is already working out a solution. Depending on the success of the app's current ad-based strategy, the audio update may either be free or a premium upgrade which will also remove ads.

Cycorder is available now through Cydia, which requires users to jailbreak their iPhone first.



by MacNN Staff

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  1. dynsight

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: May 2005

    +1

    App store

    When will we see this on the app store? I know three people who "unjailbroke" (sic.) their phones once 2.0 and the app store came out. Their only regret was the loss of video recording.

    When will the app store address this? Is Apple preventing this?

  1. WiseWeasel

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Apr 1999

    +2

    Works Well

    The quality is surprisingly decent, given the lag that shows up in the stock Camera app as you move around... The images are relatively sharp, and all that's missing is the audio. Good show, and I look forward to further work on this promising app!

  1. DarkVader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Sep 2001

    0

    why app store?

    Who cares if it's on the app store?

    I'd rather the coolest apps only exist for the jailbroken phones anyway, it encourages more people to do it the right way.

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